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California Wine Production
California
Wine Production
California has 5 major wine
growing regions;
North Coast
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Central Coast | Sierra Foothills
South Coast
| Central
Valley
California
produces 90% of the total U.S. wine production
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Year
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All
California
Winery Shipments
(in millions of gallons)
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2000
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444.9
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1999
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443.1
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1998
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427.2
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Year
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Wine
Grape Acreage
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2000
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480,679
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1999
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470,158
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1998 |
427,282 |
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Facts
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| Number
of Wineries 1 |
847 |
| Bonded
Wineries 2 |
1,185 |
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No. of
Grape Growers
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4,400
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750ml Bottles
Produced |
2.6 billion
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1- 1998 figures for
Brick & Mortar Wineries
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2- Bonded winery
premises include every licensed production facility of single firms or
individuals, licensed warehouses, experimental wineries and wineries with no
casegoods production or fermentation capacity. Bonded winery licenses are
issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for the purpose of
designating a tax-paid environment for wine
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